Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1887-12-14

Register Burgess returned from
 Apache county yesterday He was not in love with the trip there, especially through a snow storm, but was well treaetd by the citizens.
 The supper given by the ladies of the N. E. church. ct the lunch room attached to the Prescott Opera House, was we'll attended, and quite sum was realized for the benefit of the church.
 As misery loves Company" we vel come the Tombstone Prospector to our sanctum, on brown paper. A shipment of daily paper, made last month from San Francisco, has failed to re ach here, hence the brown appearance of the JoURNAL-MISKR.
 The citizens in the vicinity of Cot tonwood, in the Verde vallsy, will shortly give an entertainment for the benefit of ..the widow of the late Green Z Cl-m, who committed suicide on ! ibduAegiNiuS oAy.
 Parties desiring to rent . good ranch are ir"'.ted to peruse the advertise meuI m this raper of Ranch for rent" the property c-,ng that of J. D. Cook, at Point of Rocks. IL is one of the best ranches in the county
 The following were the arrivals at the BELLEVUE hotel, yesterday: w. s. Patterson. Chicago: T. Bates, San FrAncisco; J. B. McCutchen, Agua Fria; Felix Leavick, Colorado; J. F. Daggs, Flagstaff; Wm. Rudy, Skull valley.
 The celebrated Verde horse case, oi Strahan vs Fitzpatrick, is on trial again to-day, in the district court, before Judge Wright. This is the sl0O horse of disputed ownership, the coats of liti- gation, over which, now amount t. nearly $4,OOO.
 Sheriff Mulvenon and Deputy Bur ton left on this afternoons train, with nine prisoners, en route to Y una to the penitentiary. They go via the Atlantic & Pacific railroad, as the number would necessitate from four to five trips if sent via Phenix
 There is no place in town where side va Ks and crossings are needed worse than on Mccormick street. West Pres colt A crossing on Gurley street there |. particularly needed and, were is not for the fact that the term of rhe present council expires now in a few weeks, we would urse upon them i'm mediate action As fl Is, We will lay for the next council.
 A United States grand jury was i'm paneled this morning, compo>ed oi th' following citizens: J. Woodbridge, C. r. Perkins, Wm. Stewart, Chas. Rui- ledge, rhos. Humphrey \. o. Elli"t, Jas. ONeill, Jos Birchett, J. O. Sigsby, o '. Cre.swell, J. F Daggs, Fred. Gaines, Rol Miller. Wm. Rudy, John Dickson. J G Allen, A. J. Shepp, F r. Wa kins, w. H Rogers. W II. II ,riy The jury was organized ~ith e x. Cresswell AS foreman, and Jos. Brchett as secretary.
 The Season." for January. is al hand, and Is magnificent number IL contains the newest Paris fashions snd ih- most elegant designs in fancy work, needle work, emb roidery, crotchet etc. The fashion plates of this excel lent magazine are the most artistic to be found in any fashion magazine. The price is snly 30 cents, and it can be procured by addressing The Inter national News Company, 3l Beekman street, New York Every lady should have A copy of it.
 The Phenlx Gazette says: ''Seve- ral of our esteemed but untruthful con temporaries have been bossting about their new type, presses, etc. But the Gazette don't propose to let any one horse Arizona newspaper get the drop on IL, for, It gardless of expense and the high rates of freight, we have purchased a brand new bellows, and hereafter We hall experience no difficulty in raising the wind. The Salt River valley Is a great country" Shake, Brer Dunbar. The JorRxAL-MINER Is m receipt ot 2 pair of bellows from the enterprising stove and hardware merchant of Pres cot;-Sam Hill
 Ii there vas ever a case which calls for immediate executive clemency It Is that of Charles Clifford, sentenced yes terdsy 10 A term of eight months in the territorial prison. MT. Clifford IS man of good address and good educa- ton. i. married and has family de pendent upon him for support in Kan sas. He is said 10 De an excellent ac- countari. but the vicissitudes of fortune, or rather misfortune, brought him to ,hi- country He obtained employ men, on the Mineral Belt railroad, where he worked faithfully and indus triously He had money coming to him from the company, and looked for ward .c getting it and sending it to his family .oI their support during the winter. When work was su-peuded on the road he received due bill for his pav. which he ~.s unable to negotiate, and in sheer desperation h. went Ia ir.igh; car of the Atlantic X Pacific railroad. took therefrom . box Of tea, which he intended to sell and send the pr 1ceeds of it to his family
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